Wondering about the unusual blog name for a paper crafter? My site is named after my Black Lab, Shadow. Shadow received his name by being my constant shadow including while I am crafting. The running joke in my family is that due to the whole 'Labs shed A LOT', everything I create has a signature 'Shadow' hair hidden somewhere... I hope you enjoy my creations and please don't hunt for the tiny black hairs :)

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Mission Impossible

Hello! I am so thrilled that you are here! We are half way through the week and I am ready for the weekend!! My mom pulled a muscle in her back a few weeks ago and I've been doing double duty between my house and theirs. The recent colder temperatures and the early arrival of lambs has made things a little stressful and I'm looking forward to a break! Add to that all of the yucky snow and sleet that we received yesterday and I am ready for a new start! Is it Friday yet? But I digress...

Have you ever been struck by the fact that you're fighting a losing battle? Like getting all of the laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away and then you turn around and BOOM! A clothes bomb has exploded in your laundry room? Or that moment when you let the dishwater out of the sink because you KNOW you checked the entire house for stray cups and all of the dishes are clean, only to have one of the kids bring you a cereal bowl from under their bed (not that they are allowed to eat cereal in bed!)? Yeah, me too!

I would love to say that I scrapbooked all of my photos (I wish!), but actually I just realized that while I have completed a lot of scrapbook pages, there are still a LOT of photos left and that doesn't include the ones that are still on my memory cards waiting to be printed, or the ones on the computer waiting to be dropped on a digital page. I have decided that I'm like an agent on Mission Impossible. My mission if I choose to accept it, is to get as many photos onto some sort of page and document the story as accurately as my mind will allow. I will probably never achieve the status of Mission Completed, but at some point I have got to start making some sort of progress! One goal that I think I might actually achieve is to use up all of the older 12x12 cardstock papers. I am at the point where there are mostly oranges and yellows left on the pile and I'm thinking they may become some sort of card boxes at some point. My ribbon and embellishments are a totally different story, but one mission at a time!

Today's page used the last of my older pink stash. I also snuck a few vellum letter stickers on there. Those babies are OLD!

I had a hard time selecting a layout for this page. I wanted all five photos on one page and was trying to figure out how to make it work. I remembered that a long time ago, I had made a quilt-like page that had lots of pictures and thought that might work. The hardest part was balancing the embellishments. I have such a hard time with 'white' space. But when I was finished, I managed to have all five photos and even a tiny shot of my in-law's Lab. Shadow loves her and he couldn't bear for me to throw her in the trash bin!

Well, I better slip on my black sunglasses and get back to being an agent. I just have to decide whether my mission will involve dishes, laundry, or pictures... Wish me luck!

I know how you feel, I have a list of 83 layouts that it is my goal to get scrapped by the end of 2014...but I almost don't know if I want to get ALL caught up, then I don't have anything to look forward to scrapping?? Anyway super layout, I really like the composition!

I especially like the tiny photo you saved of the dog and used in the center of the flower !!! Good Luck with your Mission.............. I have come to accept that I will NEVER get all of my photos scrapbooked, not only the time factor (I have decades of photos in boxes / on hard drives) , but the question of where would I find the space for all of the albums ?

About Me

Welcome to my blog! I am a scrapping/stamping junkie, and a blog stalker. I love to create and share with others. As a teacher, I enjoy seeing the sense of achievement that occurs when people realize they can make something wonderful! Thanks for stopping in!